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MEUNIER, OLIVIER. Les voies de l'islam au Niger dans le Katsina independant du XIXe au XXe siecle (Maradi, pays hawsa) (Mem. Inst. Ethnol. 35). 232 pp., illus., colo. plates, map, tables, bibliogr. Paris: Publications Scientifiques du zmuseum, 1998. 160 FF (paper)

This book discusses the important subject of the spread of Islam in one of the lesser known corners of West Africa, in what is now the republic of Niger. The author has already published quite a number of writi...